Fishing Gear(Page 5)

We review the best fishing gear including baits, lures, reels, rods, and more.

Latest in Fishing Gear

The author with a tiger fish caught on the Daiwa ardito.
Gear

The Best Travel Fishing Rods of 2025

By Pete Robbins

A fish and a knotted fishing line on a black backdrop
Gear

How to Tie a Fishing Knot: The 9 Best Knots for Fishing

By Pete Robbins

How to Pick the Right Kind of Fishing Line
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How to Pick the Right Kind of Fishing Line

By Bob McNally

Fly fishing for beginners
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Best Fly Fishing Combos for Beginners

By Monte Burke

Hughs wears G3 waders and holds fish.
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Simms G3 Guide Wader Review: These Classic Waders Put Fit and Comfort First

By Kevin Hughes

Man in brown clothing wades through a stream.
Gear

The Best Hip Boots

By Outdoor Life Commerce Team

dollar store baits
Fishing

The Best Bait You Can Buy at the Dollar Store

By Raymundo Ruiz Jr.

A man paddling an orange kayak
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The Best Fishing Kayaks Under $1,000

By Ric Burnley

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The 12 Best Bass Flies for Catching Largemouth and Smallmouth

By Dac Collins

The best fishing backpacks make carrying your gear to remote spots or down the dock easier
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The Best Fishing Backpacks

By Pete Robbins

Man catching fish on a fly fishing rod and reel combo
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The Best Rod And Reel Combo to Make Fishing Easy

By Ryan Chelius

A man in a float tube smiling and drinking a can of beer.
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The Best Float Tubes: Don’t Just Get On the Water—Get In It

By Outdoor Life Commerce Team

The author with a red drum caught testing the best surf fishing reels
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The Best Surf Fishing Reels, Tested and Reviewed

By Ric Burnley

A redfish caught with the Best Saltwater Lures
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The Best Saltwater Lures

By Ric Burnley

A man holding a large green spring bass
Gear

The Best Spring Bass Lures, Tested and Reviewed

By Pete Robbins

A man on a boat on the water holding a smallmouth bass
Fishing

The Best Smallmouth Bass Lures, Tested and Reviewed

By Pete Robbins

Man holding crappie and fishing rod in a boat.
Gear

The Best Crappie Rods, Tested and Reviewed

By Cory Schmidt

The author uses forward facing sonar to catch crappie and learn about their behavior.
Fishing

When Do Crappie Spawn? Tips and Tactics for Spring Crappie Fishing

By Cory Schmidt

We tested the Revo Rocket.
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Abu Garcia Revo Rocket Spinning Reel Review

By Pete Robbins

A man holding a walleye on a boat
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The Best Walleye Lures, Tested and Reviewed

By Ross Robertson

Man catches giant bass with one of the best bass lures.
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The Best Topwater Lures For Bass, Tested and Reviewed

By Pete Robbins

Bass caught with a Senko soft plastic worm
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The Best Soft Plastic Baits for Bass

By Pete Robbins

An angler catches a bass off a boat
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The Best Bass Lures

By Pete Robbins

A man standing in water holding a bass and a fishing rod
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The Best Swimbaits for Bass

By Pete Robbins

game boy fishing sonar
Fishing

The Original Nintendo Game Boy Was Compatible with Sonar for Fishing?

By Joe Cermele

wooden jitter bug
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Old Fishing Lures and Vintage Tackle: Buy These 7 Items If You See Them at a Flea Market

By Joe Cermele

testing the best bass fishing rods
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The Best Bass Fishing Rods, Tested and Reviewed

By Pete Robbins, Kristine Fischer

The author wears one of the best insulated skirts.
Gear

The Best Insulated Skirts, Tested and Reviewed

By Ashley Thess

An ice fisher holds fish with one of the best lures for perch in its mouth.
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The Best Ice Fishing Lures for Perch

By Jim Edlund

soft plastics for trout
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How to Catch Trout on Soft Plastics

By Joe Cermele

duck lures and rat baits
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Are Duck, Rat, and Snake Lures Legit or Gimmicks?

By Joe Cermele

Old Town Sportsman AutoPilot 120 Tested and Reviewed
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Old Town Sportsman AutoPilot 120 Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore

banjo minnow
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3 Made for TV Lures That Changed How We Fish

By Joe Cermele

A topwater plug for striped bass.
Fishing

3 Classic Striper Surf Lures You Should Be Throwing Right Now

By Joe Cermele

Vintage OL ads
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20 of the Weirdest Things Ever Advertised in Outdoor Life

By Tyler Freel

black lures
Fishing

Why Black Lures Catch So Many Fish

By Joe Cermele

voormi hunting mexico
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Voormi’s Technical Wool: Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

The best wading boots grip slippery rocks and keep your feet comfortable all day
Gear

The Best Wading Boots

By Chris Hunt

Man holding giant carp.
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The Best Carp Baits of 2025

By Kevin Hughes

fish grips snakehead
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The Best Fish Grippers

By Pete Robbins

A man fishing with a tenkara rod on a snowy river bank
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Best Tenkara Rods

By Chris Hunt

Four of the best lipless crainbait bass lures
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Best Lipless Crankbaits for Bass

By Pete Robbins

The Best Fluorocarbon Lines
Gear

The Best Fluorocarbon Lines

By Pete Robbins

Man holding fish and fishing rod on a body of water
Fishing

The Best Braided Fishing Lines for Bass

By Pete Robbins

Best bobber
Fishing

The Best Bobbers for Catching More Fish

By Joe Cermele

Best Headlamps for Fishing
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The Best Headlamps for Fishing

By Ric Burnley

The best lures for Spanish mackerel are shiny and tough.
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The Best Lures for Spanish Mackerel

By Ric Burnley

The best new lures of ICAST 2022
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The Best New Fishing Lures of ICAST 2022

By Alan Clemons

The best jon boats are stable and have a shallow draft
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The Best Jon Boats of 2025

By Ric Burnley

The Best Fishing Subscription Boxes
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The Best Fishing Subscription Boxes

By Pete Robbins

The best ocean kayaks
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The Best Ocean Kayaks

By Ben Duchesney

The best wader for women is the Simms G3.
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The Best Waders for Women, Tested and Reviewed

By Christine Peterson

A woman in a kayak holding a best kayak fishing net
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Best Kayak Fishing Nets

By Ric Burnley

Advanced elements inflatable canoe with angler
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The Best Fishing Canoes

By Ric Burnley

A man fishing on a river wearing a fishing vest and a net on his back
Gear

Best Fly Fishing Vests

By Monte Burke

Kristine Fischer's tournament kayak.
Gear

How to Build a Tournament-Ready Fishing Kayak

By Kristine Fischer

A woman holding a large bass on the water
Gear

Best Spinnerbaits

By Pete Robbins

Penn Slammer IV DX with a grouper on the line
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Penn Slammer IV DX Review: A Serious Gamefish Reel

By John Skinner

black, kayak fish finder
Gear

Lowrance Hook 7 Reveal Splitshot Review: A Rugged and User-Friendly Fish Finder

By Elias Vaisberg

A silver tarpon on a sandy shore next to a teal fishing rod
Gear

Tsunami Evict 2000 Review: A Lot of Power in a Small Package

By John Skinner

You can outfit your own ice fishing camp.
Fishing

How to Set Up a Winter Ice Fishing Camp

By Kristine Fischer

A silver porgy fish on the dock of a boat
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Daiwa BG Review: Good Luck Finding a Better Reel at This Price

By John Skinner

A man in a kayak wearing a red jacket holds a large fish
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Daiwa Fuego LT Review

By Elias Vaisberg

A collage of the best fall bass lures
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Best Fall Bass Lures

By Pete Robbins